Nonlinear engagement of action observation network underlying action anticipation in players with different levels of expertise.

ABSTRACT: The goal of this study was to reconcile inconsistency of neural engagement underlying action anticipation between experts and nonexperts, as well as between correct and incorrect anticipations. Therefore, we asked novice, intermediate, and skilled baseball batters (N, IB, and SB) to anticipate their swing decisions in response to pitching videos of a strike or ball, using functional magnetic resonance imaging. Behavioral results confirmed the effect of expertise that is generally shown in a linear fashion. Imaging results instead revealed a nonlinear relationship between expertise level and the evoked response amplitude of nodes within the action observation network. The relationship was best captured by an inverted U-shaped quadratic response profile across the three groups such that IB e

SUBMITTER: Chen YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7670634 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature